Cambodia’s Water Highway
Cambodia’s biggest highway wove through the country without any shoulders, lanes or exit ramps, ferrying travelers from Siem Riep in…
Cambodia’s biggest highway wove through the country without any shoulders, lanes or exit ramps, ferrying travelers from Siem Riep in…
I studied the faces of Phnom Penh as I walked through the busy streets: shopkeepers in front of their stores,…
The changing room opened into one large area lined with wooden benches and lockers. Naked women walked unhurriedly, carrying only…
I spotted him immediately, wearing a pressed collared shirt and slacks in the humid heat of the Mekong. I had…
With an ancient architecture made primarily of wood and hundreds of years of volcanic eruptions, civil war, earthquakes, air raids…
At night, sleeping on the tatami in the traditional futons the monastery had given us, the holy mountain town of…
At first it looked just like another mountain ridge, its jagged peaks reflected against the early morning sky. But as…
“It’s illegal.” “It’s not illegal, it’s just closed for repairs. Besides, we’re not going inside, we’re just going to climb…
“Get me out of here.” I could feel the tension rising in his voice. “I need to get out. Get…
Suddenly I was a celebrity. As I walked across Tiananmen Square towards the gates of the Forbidden City, people would…